The Japan Foundation, Manila (JFM) launches this year’s J-CAP or Jisedai Contemporary Arts Platform as a trilateral exchange. Inspired by the Black Current, otherwise known as the Kuroshio Current, the program celebrates the flow of artisticexchanges that runs along Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
Two artists, one from Japan and one from Taiwan, will be coming to the Philippines this November through a research residency to learn about the vibrant and thriving art scene around the country. They will be visiting museums, galleries and art spaces around Metro Manila. They will also be immersed in Bacolod’s art district during their stay in Orange Project and will attend the much-anticipated VIVA ExCon 2025 in Aklan. As part of the exchange, they will also be sharing about their own practices through an upcoming panel discussion with fellow artists, curators, and art institutions at the
University of the Philippines Diliman.
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Natsuki Kuroda (Japan) communicates through photography and believes in the extension of cameras as devices with the power to affirm seeing/being seen. Through concrete events and experiences, she finds problems and issues, and tries to question
and resist them in this gradation of seeing. In past projects, she focused on and engaged with people working, living, and carrying out activities in seemingly closed spaces such as senior care facilities, zoos, and hospitals.
Miaochen Huang (Taiwan) is a ceramicist, whose work extends to using metal, glass, and mixed media to explore their expressive possibilities. Her practice reflects the emotional tensions between people and the dialogue between humans and their environments. She is also engaged in socially oriented art projects and community co-creation. She has participated in the Matsu Biennial, Poor People’s Taipei Biennial, and the SanYing Art Co-creation Program, producing site-specific works and co-creating with locals.
This program is in collaboration with TRA-TRAVEL, Taiwan Art Space Alliance (TASA), and Orange Project.
